Telegram-herald., 1887-10-17

few chronic "kickers" are growing be-
cause Of the reinstatement OF Parolmsn
Tom Maher by the Board of Police and Fire
Commissioner. The action Of the Com
mission WAS no more than tae recognition
OF what should bs-but is not--a univer-
sally Acknowledged principle, the principle
that any single oEror. however nagfanf. on
the part OF any man. should not be allowed
10 blot out the remembrance Oh 4 general
average Of well doing. Neither the law nor
the people are inclined 10 be just in their
administration OF sO-called Justice. bet two
men Al the same time be adj Gdged guilty OF
burglary, one of whom may be an ex-con-
vict, utterly depTaved aud hardened. aud
the other man OF exemplary habits up 20
the very time of the given Oilense, and who
as was actually the case with young man
sentenced for larceny IN this city bur
little while ago may have been
driven to this one isolated crime IN order
TO save bis family from direst want. and
these two men will both be sent 10 States
prison, and all OF the good record o! the
latter will not save MIN from bitteresr
shame ard the eternal ruin OF hi. good
name. He may receive few less years than
his already disgraced aud ruined ccmpan-
ION. bur morally the two sentences are last
the same Henry Ward Beecher passed a
whole iiie in desds OF mobility snd charity.
| 0ut be was charged with cpe grave direlic-
ton. and hosts of his previously warm
| friends and devoted admirers sarank from
him ever thereafter a. from contact With a
/ lsper. An enpioys may be faithful Hity
| years aud earn Million dollars for his
/ employer, blt IN one unguarded moment
be yields 20 the temptation and fOrges a
/ check for the paitriest slm and
the next morning every Dsper IN
/ the land contains tae details Oi tie forgery
and the poor devil who has failed Just this
| once in a whole lifetime Is either iisgraced
| outright amt sent 20 the Peniteutirrv or is
| driven ignomint9usy forth, shOrn of All
character and reputation. 20 beg. steal or
| starve. precisely the same "a II hs aad been
an utter stranger who Dad never been seen
/ BY the employer until caught with one
haul IN the money drawer. Now. not one
OF these sevsrai instances would, ira them
selves prove that the man a. fault was
exceptionally dsprsved or even any
worse than the majority Of MS neigh
l bors. one usust look a. a mans average
everyday lie 70 know his character ami
his dessTvings. aud II 1e repeat. the aver
I age he good. no one wrong act OF impulse
OF compelled by c.rcunstsncs. should ne
allowed 10 com pisteiv hide that aversge
This is not only good common sense and
charity. but is real Christianity. or at least
| 10 Is Christianity a. Christianity vas a. the
/ beg nuinE. for when Peter came - Christ
viii the couu1trUm. Lord. boT often
shall my brother SD AGAINST me- and for
give hiyi' Til seven tiues jesus an
sver Va n sag uo' unto tlee until seven
/ times. out uuul seventy Tunes seven. Bab
/ then tots sss more than $50 years 40.
and toe wise people of taat dsv diin't
/ snow everything. snt when Christ comes
I che sscond time he vii Doubtless be sur-
prised % end h0w many perfect people
there are In this w1rid and right here ia
ths citT 81 Grand kspi6s who are last
Vsitlng here 81 ~7s Him fbe benefit of
their more modern experience.